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Wooden stool plans
A sturdy four-legged stool from 2x2 legs and 1x boards: aprons under the top, stretchers low between the legs, all pocket-screwed and glued. Free, any size: open it in uCAD, change the sizes or the lumber you can buy, or just tell its AI what you need, and the parts, the screws and the cut list follow.
Level: easy · Time: about 3 h · Shown: Stool 450 mm
Make it your size
- Width: 250 to 500 mm (350 in the cut list below)
- Depth: 250 to 450 mm (300 in the cut list below)
- Height: 300 to 760 mm (450 in the cut list below)
- Legs: 38 × 38, 40 × 40, 45 × 45, 50 × 50
- Boards: 19 mm, 18 mm, 20 mm
In uCAD, change any of these in the part's panel: the model is built again, joints and all.
What you need
Tools: saw, drill, pocket-hole jig (set to the boards' thickness), pocket screws (the lengths in the cut list), wood glue, clamps, sander.
Fixings (and wood glue):
- pocket screw 32 mm: 28
Cut list
At the sizes shown above. Letters match the drawings below.
| Part | Qty | Length | Width | Thickness | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | top board | 3 | 350 mm 13 3/4" | 100 mm 3 15/16" | 19 mm 3/4" |
| B | leg | 4 | 431 mm 16 15/16" | 38 mm 1 1/2" | 38 mm 1 1/2" |
| C | apron long | 2 | 244 mm 9 5/8" | 64 mm 2 1/2" | 19 mm 3/4" |
| D | apron short | 2 | 194 mm 7 5/8" | 64 mm 2 1/2" | 19 mm 3/4" |
| E | stretcher | 2 | 194 mm 7 5/8" | 38 mm 1 1/2" | 19 mm 3/4" |
Lumber to buy
US lumber, 8, 10 and 12 ft boards, 4 × 8 ft sheets:
- 2x2: 1 × 8 ft
- 3/4 × 3 15/16": 1 × 8 ft
- 1x3: 1 × 8 ft
- 1x2: 1 × 8 ft
In millimetres
Boards 2400 and 3000 mm long, 2440 × 1220 mm sheets:
- 38 × 38 mm: 1 × 2400 mm
- 19 × 100 mm: 1 × 2400 mm
- 19 × 64 mm: 1 × 2400 mm
- 19 × 38 mm: 1 × 2400 mm
Your store sells other lengths or sections? Put in yours in uCAD's cut list: what to buy and how to cut it are worked out again.
How to cut it
From US lumber, a 1/8" saw kerf between the pieces; the hatched ends are left over.
2x2
3/4 × 3 15/16"
1x3
1x2
Build it step by step
Drill two pocket holes at each end of every apron, on its inside face (the jig set to the boards' thickness), and two more along its top edge for the top. Glue each apron's ends, clamp it flush with the legs' outer faces and drive the pocket screws into the legs.
One pocket hole at each end of the stretchers, on the inside face; glue, set them in the middle of the legs and screw them in.
Glue the top boards edge to edge and clamp them flat; when dry, lay the top face down, centre the base on it and screw up through the aprons' top pocket holes.
The pocket holes: a pocket-hole jig set to the board's thickness. In uCAD, Build steps plays these one by one on the model, the wood see-through so you can see where every screw goes.
Questions
Can I change the size?
Yes: open it in uCAD and type the sizes you need in its panel. The parts, the joints, the screw lengths and the cut list follow.
My store doesn't sell 2x2. What then?
Choose what yours sells in the plan's panel (38 × 38, 40 × 40, 45 × 45, 50 × 50; 19 mm, 18 mm, 20 mm): it's built again for that lumber, with screws to match.
Is it free?
The plan, uCAD and the cut list are free, no sign-up.
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